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Among a Thousand Men

Entre mil hombres

The only witness to a murder in the jasmine fields of Grasse identified the killer by scent alone — she swore she could pick him out among a thousand men. Now someone has quietly, methodically burned that sense out of her.

Part 1 of 2 in The Anatomy of a Scent

El café no olía a nada. Mariel Cázares acercó la taza a la cara, cerró los ojos y aspiró como le habían enseñado hacía veinte años en Guadalajara: con el vientre, no con la garganta. Nada.

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